[Incubator] Discussion: Change committee scope + name to "projects committee"

[Jody Garnett]

Project support is a good catch all indeed; it allows it to cover the
existing projects as they tackle CRA reporting requirements later in the
year.

So what would the updated mandate be for "project support"?


   - Help onboard new OSGeo projects to the website and OSGeo community
   - Mentor projects through the incubation process to be recognized as
   full OSGeo projects
   - Check in with OSGeo projects and offer support.


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Jody Garnett


On Jan 14, 2026 at 10:16:22 AM, Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:

> I agree we need a new name, I just don’t like Projects as a new name.
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> Would it be too long to call it  “project-outreach”? or project-support.
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> Calling it *Projects* seems a bit unclear to me as a passerby the
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> *From:* Incubator <incubator-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *Jody
> Garnett via Incubator
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2026 11:44 AM
> *To:* OSGeo Incubator Committee <Incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [Incubator] Discussion: Change committee scope + name to
> "projects committee"
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> Okay so one of the topics today was:
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>    - Discuss renaming to "Projects" and update responsibilities / mandate
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> How do people feel about this idea?
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>    - I think it would better reflect the "scope" the committee has grown
>    into over time. Handling some of the project outreach / advocacy activities
>    for OSGeo...
>    - I think there is a bit of work to look forward to this year, with
>    the CRA coming into effect in September we will need to work with existing
>    project discuss and provide options for meeting regulations. Especially if
>    OSGeo is considering moving to Europe 🙂
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> I would like to discuss this before transitioning from email list to
> discourse forum....
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> Jody Garnett
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